Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

[MartG]

popeyewhite said:

Einion Yrth said:

popeyewhite said:

ClockworkCupcake said:

MartG said:

Intended for the US audience, 98% of whom have the geographical knowledge of a stunned cockroach

Indeed. And not least because there is an American town of city of the same name for pretty much any you care to mention. Certainly London and Paris.

Because, you know, if you refer to Paris there may be confusion over whether you mean the capital of France or a town in Texas.

The opening sequence of a skyline dominated by the Eiffel Tower might give them a clue. Maybe Paris Texas has a similar skyline?

Las Vegas has an Eiffel Tower; that might be enough to confuse them.

Is there more than one Las Vegas?

I once confused an American colleague by referring to our office in Washington CD ( County Durham )

[ClockworkCupcake]

popeyewhite said:

ClockworkCupcake said:

Because, you know, if you refer to Paris there may be confusion over whether you mean the capital of France or a town in Texas.

The opening sequence of a skyline dominated by the Eiffel Tower might give them a clue. Maybe Paris Texas has a similar skyline?

[93DW]

People who don't use social media and feel the need to tell people in un-funny ways. Either by renaming it to incorporate a silly word (ttter, fkbook etc) or pretending they know nothing about it. The latter is the one which really grates on me, Imagine if you didn't like the BBC so every time someone mentioned Eastenders you'd say "BBC1? NEVER HEARD OF IT MATE" you'd look like a monumental tool.

My Father is one of these people, Despite never using Facebook at all he is convinced that it is a stupid waste of time (not a million miles from the truth but hey) and we're all morons for using it but LinkedIn on the other hand! Apparently thats a vital resource for work and a really good way of catching up with people you haven't seen for years

[ClockworkCupcake]

93DW said:

People who don't use social media and feel the need to tell people in un-funny ways. Either by renaming it to incorporate a silly word (ttter, fkbook etc) or pretending they know nothing about it. The latter is the one which really grates on me, Imagine if you didn't like the BBC so every time someone mentioned Eastenders you'd say "BBC1? NEVER HEARD OF IT MATE" you'd look like a monumental tool.

My Father is one of these people, Despite never using Facebook at all he is convinced that it is a stupid waste of time (not a million miles from the truth but hey) and we're all morons for using it but LinkedIn on the other hand! Apparently thats a vital resource for work and a really good way of catching up with people you haven't seen for years

I've said this before several times (so apologies) but it's like saying "oh, yeah, I watched a TV programme once and didn't like it. Television is st."

Social Media is a tool, and like any tool it is the use you make of it that defines it (as amply demonstrated by your dad's positive experience of LinkedIn).

[figtree]

The howl my Mrs makes on the exhale of a yawn, drives me fking bonkers!

When she's dishing out the takeaway and firing chips into her face like she hasn't eaten for a week. grrr

[X5TUU]

figtree said:

The howl my Mrs makes on the exhale of a yawn, drives me fking bonkers!

When she's dishing out the takeaway and firing chips into her face like she hasn't eaten for a week. grrr

Are you secretly married to Mrs Shed??! Lol

[popeyewhite]

ClockworkCupcake said:

popeyewhite said:

ClockworkCupcake said:

Because, you know, if you refer to Paris there may be confusion over whether you mean the capital of France or a town in Texas.

The opening sequence of a skyline dominated by the Eiffel Tower might give them a clue. Maybe Paris Texas has a similar skyline?

Oh no, I saw your, you know, roll eyes and the 'you know', It's just that your point was a bit weak. Like most posts of yours it was childishly unsubtle, but let's not fight CC mmmK?

[anonymous-user]

Shopping at Currys/PC World. fk off you geeky bad-toothed bo-smelly tt, I do not want to have a 15 minute exchange with you, all I want to do is exchange money for some goods, which is pretty normal in any other retail environment.

[Issi]

Rubbishy programmes called things like "most shocking things from the 80's" or "footballs funniest moments" and they recruit a bunch of z listers who blatantly know nothing about the incident, but then have to pretend and state '

'oh yeah, we can all remember when Pete Smith missed that goal against Croatia '

[Tango13]

Posters in N,P & E that post up pictures of Diane Abbapotamus without spoilers...

There you are scrolling down laughing at the slightly to the right of Attila the Hun political views when some fker posts a picture of her without warning!

[John D.]

Supermarket checkout staff which want to know about my weekend.

[AstonZagato]

Negotiating a discount on a car purchase.

[DUMBO100]

FaceTime ...still. I thought I'd get used to but my in laws are on it all the time on my wife's phone. It's like sharing a fking house with them!!! fk off in laws!!!
And not only them.... I was getting changed in the changing room at the gym and there was a guy speaking to his teenage daughter on bloody FaceTime, she will have some mental scars to erase

[WD39]

John D. said:

Supermarket checkout staff which want to know about my weekend.

It's called customer service. That involves being nice to people, hence the friendly chat. no big deal and is over quite quickly.

[RobinOakapple]

WD39 said:

John D. said:

Supermarket checkout staff which want to know about my weekend.

It's called customer service. That involves being nice to people, hence the friendly chat. no big deal and is over quite quickly.

He knows why they are doing it, and it still annoys him.

Personally I find people who point out the bleeding obvious in response to other people's annoyances annoying.

[ClockworkCupcake]

John D. said:

Supermarket checkout staff which want to know about my weekend.

I think there is a big difference between a genuine friendly checkout person, where you feel they actually care about the response, and a bored drone reading from a memorised script. I tend to give noncommittal short answers to the latter, but am happy to chat to the former.

So I can see where you are coming from on this.

WD39 said:

It's called customer service. That involves being nice to people, hence the friendly chat. no big deal and is over quite quickly.

So if I were to ask how your weekend was in a bored and disinterested way, and then pay no attention to your answer, then that is being friendly? Hmmm... ok.

[John D.]

Even in they are genuinely interested I am not remotely interested in telling them about it!

[ClockworkCupcake]

John D. said:

Even in they are genuinely interested I am not remotely interested in telling them about it!

That's entirely fair enough; not everyone wants to engage in small talk.

[WD39]

ClockworkCupcake said:

John D. said:

Even in they are genuinely interested I am not remotely interested in telling them about it!

That's entirely fair enough; not everyone wants to engage in small talk.

What a happy bunch of customers we have on this thread.

[FourWheelDrift]

I'd rather have a chat about the weekend than have them go through their script "Do you want help with your packing?" as I look down at the 2 items I have just quickly popped in to get, ".....no thanks, I think I can just about manage these, but if I struggle I'll ask for your help"